Backup Solutions

[Neil Watson]

On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 10:22:50AM -0400, Alex Maynard wrote:
>A back up to a disk or another computer is easily verified by looking at 
>the files, especially if no compression is used. Is it equally easy to 
>verify that the files are there on the tape backup or do you need to do
>something like a test restore to double check?  This is something I was 
>never sure about.

Good backup software verifies its writing as it goes.  You can gain
added confidence by performing fire drills.  By this I mean every few
weeks randomly choose a file or group of files and restore them from
your backup media.  This tests both your technology and your method.

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